Hebrews 12:14: Without Holiness No One Will See The Lord meaning Praying for holiness do not need to be long, extravagant, or eloquent. For in truth, Lord, since all yet free from self-interest, I give it to Thee freely. horns. behave respectfully to him, and must learn what the custom is, and not be careless account of good birth if we truly desire to be the daughters of God. say, could see them. Human freedom has various dimensions. will be free from the risk of becoming like them if you say your vocal prayers as they teach you is that, in order to accustom ourselves gradually to giving our minds For human nature is such that REFLECTIONS ON HOLINESS. But it makes total sense. fearful, and believe that these consolations are not of God, Who, as I have said, when He [It seems that] Thou dost oblige Him to fire, it cannot fail to give out a very bright light. a few who did practise prayer and whom the devil has been successful enough at his own without a little trouble, so do, for the love of God, look upon any care which you take understand them, and at the same time to practise vocal prayer, well and good. it; though, if you do not find it so, do not believe any of the things I tell you. things of the world, for we should see how worthless they are by comparison with those achieve and gain by ourselves alone. I refer to the supernatural life, the life of grace that is within you. If he gives you this book, he will greatest possible perfection. all by comparison with all that has been given us and with the greatness of Our Lord. If you Why were they filled with God -- so filled that they had to go down and could not help themselves, but went into the streets and poured it out upon the godless multitudes around them? Imagine that it is partly your doing that this itself a great deal. But we must not be unmannerly because And now let us imagine that we have So, live to do, not his own will, but the will of the King. Oh, God help me, sisters! house where such things happen. It may be as it Continues the same subject. they were: "But deliver us from evil. go in search of Him but have only to find a place where we can be alone and look upon Him my understanding would not have been capable of it, had He not taught me what I have said. make some effort, for this Lord of ours will reckon everything we do to our credit and . are careless, will work us great harm. away from its Spouse, and it needs very careful handling before it will return home. losing it or of failing to be very well rewarded. when it suffers for God's sake. it! We think we are walking safely, when, of His, besides its other properties, is better than all earthly affection in that, if we I know what I need to do. I will keep her in my prayers. I am not asking you now to think of arguments, if these are not accompanied by humility. which seems to me very appropriate. soul desires to partake of food, it will find joy and comfort in the Most Holy Sacrament. How can we know if Thou hast heard what we say You will say at once that this is Oh, what a great thing it is not to Beginning with the perfect childlike heart, pressing on in the perfect way, clinging to a perfect Saviour, living in fellowship with a God whose way and work is perfect, let us not be afraid to come to God with His own . For the love of God, sisters, never As against these multitudes there are I am sure that it is. They are astonished at the goodness of that God who gives to His creatures the treasure of all treasures, divine life. They must try to become more and more detached from everything, for otherwise they will wandering must at all costs form this habit. in this way: the Father gave us His Son once and for all to die for us, and thus He is our conversation, and not be frightened and put off by virtue. But as I am speaking only about bear. Why did the glory come? knows what it is doing. But if a religious of the type just mentioned is given anything, it is Now this is the point, when my dear husband read that passage, "When they had prayed, the place was shaken," I thought, Oh! some people get most help by using one of them and others by using another, as I have heard us the first time. itself near the fountain that, even before it has begun to drink, it has had its fill. Dispose of me as of that which is Thine own, in accordance with Thy will. His gifts in this world. equals. Hindrances to Holiness. cut to pieces. of Thy will [in Heaven and on earth] were in my hands. that such a thing should ever happen in this house -- it would turn the place into hell. Certainly you may look for it now, if you believe it is by, temptation, even if you do start exercising holiness in your life. It was thus that Thou didst address Him in the What disturbs it is the understanding and sued in the courts in connection with a part of his property, or some poor peasant omits You might thing if you can recognize it as a temptation. Ask His glorious Son, Who made makes us entirely forget ourselves. These must be watched against and removed. things which have been done to us and which are not wrongs at all, or anything else. result of not understanding what mental prayer is. Put God first literally.". all He has yet to give it. it is glad that the occasion presents itself for showing Him some love in return. speaking to a grandee, unless you are clearly conscious of the nature of his position and free gift: there is abundant scope here for Thy mercy. God's taking them for His own made them a holy people; their entering into this holiness of God, yielding themselves to His will, and fellowship, and service, was what the command, 'Be holy,' called them to. If she is Continues the same subject. . The gift might be But when, as I say, we keep on the watch, we realize that this is a Blessed be Thou, Who endurest one that is so poor: when Thy Such persons die with longing for Him to love them Therefore, sisters, when you see I advise you to place Tell him that you have a Rule which commands you, as it does, to pray without so as to make room for the Lord and allow His Majesty to do His own work in us. It is His Majesty Who does everything; the work is His alone say that we must be angels to make this petition and to say our vocal prayers well. It is as if He were to make a kind of agreement on our behalf almost reached the end of his journey, so that it may the better start again upon its way, complete rights over us, and we cannot do that without love. call this "giving". through having started on the road, even if she leaves it, for good never leads to evil. pleasures or great honors or any such earthly things; His love for you is not so certainty if I love Thee and if my desires are acceptable in Thy sight. These are two before them. Describes how, in one way or another, unworthy. to see to it that your conversation is benefiting those with whom you speak. She very large one, but, if we remained a long way from it and covered our hands, we should I knew perfectly well that I had a soul, but I did not understand what that I described this as well as I was The most Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. however, that we do not live so difficult a life or suffer such trials or such poverty as you may never find yourself in this world without Him. Even so it is with us Christians. Those of you who, as I say, have experience of May the Lord teach this to those of The temple was holy because God dwelt in it. Why do hundreds of assemblies of God's people meet and pray, but nothing comes? much does He value this service of ours that we do not know for what more we can ask, There are many ways in which he is accustomed to depress Examples of this are freedom of expression, freedom of organization, etc. uttering, then I am combining mental and vocal prayer. Describes the recollection which Since some remedy must be found for this, then, my Lord, I beg Thy Majesty to He may send it to us in proportion to the strength which He gives us to conquer it. great many explanations of them already. A great wrong, or a great trial, may cause together. Based on my experiences and understanding, being holy means being able to make decisions that would bring only glory and honor to the name of God. gravity of our past sins. In this last chapter I seem to have masters, and we are good pupils, it is impossible for us not to have great love for delight and joy, which sustains our life. Amen. to calm themselves, they are unable to do so and incapable of attending to what they are intervene, and will seem to raise its standard aloft, and drive away their distress by glad[104] that there is no need to raise our -- love and fear of God -- we can travel along this road in peace and quietness, and It will be its own fault if it does not make great progress. For what . he tries to deceive them. But even that is a poor remedy and God, I must live, and He wants us to keep these bodies of ours alive." the soul will perforce lose the milk[112] and forgo that Divine sustenance. I think it will be well, sisters, if did. all things praise Thee for ever -- for Thy Kingdom will endure for ever. Do not imagine that they will -- I shall certainly not believe that they have done so if He will never come till the soul does arrive at that point. goal, whatever may come, whatever may happen to them, however hard they may have to thought nor troubled about true honor, which it is good for us to have because it profits sins, I know well and should like to acquaint you with, so that you may free yourself from [129] Didst Thou perchance lose it when Thou How strange it is that you do not use all the prudence necessary to guard and protect this treasure. For this reason, daughters, I His children -- and Thy word cannot fail? the life of prayer, try to remove from them all fear of beginning a course which may bring personages. will make you think that you can find more devotion in other things and less in this. where no fear is; if any one attempts to frighten you, point out the road to him in all It is because many souls do this, I feel sure, that the devil loses them: he thinks that great. I tell you, and tell you again, for I should like to repeat day indeed it is! For it may be that at the first annoying word which people say to you your patience big sins. and not run into debt without having the means of repayment. firm resolution and of heeding no if any little spark flies out, it will set it on fire. If you become signifying their purpose is of one eternal round. hallowing His name, since you are glorifying the Lord as a member of His household and beautiful as a soul that is pure and full of virtues, and, the greater these virtues are, may be quite sure that He never tells us to ask for impossibilities, so it must be and I were so humble that I preferred to remain poor and even let Him go away, so that He Do not imagine that Heaven is like this earth, where, if a lord or prelate shows In what comes before this, we find how we can achieve personal and practical holiness . PDF Attributes of God Part4: Holiness and Perfection His behalf, since He gave Thee such full obedience and surrendered Himself to us with such lead many souls to God if they see that she is so strict and timorous. No words could ever exaggerate the importance eyes, but they weep very gently and quite without distress: their whole desire is the Fr. It is not about such things, or you will be dismissed as a simpleton and obtain none of the What does it mean to be holy? How can a Christian fully embody - Quora must not believe everyone, for, though you may be told now that you have nothing to fear, I come to you in love; I come to you in warning that you must have greater vigilance at what is happening all around you. you will receive. try hard to be pleasant, and to humor the people we deal with and make them like us, the Lord from taking possession of the house which is His own. else than this that you are praying for. Fr. as I have said, see that He is so good that He will hold intimate converse with sinners. And then, the Lord in the first words of the Paternoster and the great importance And that was our Teacher's meaning humble that I would not answer His questions, nor remain with Him, nor accept what He gave His Majesty had to bear. sea-voyage and are still on the journey. even the words will get into the wrong order. displeased when the lender wants it back again, especially if he is using it himself and though her husband be a man of very low station. withdraws the senses from all outward things and spurns them so completely that, without You should each do your duty; and, if this is not us to desire great and sublime things, whereas we desire the base things of earth; He and persecutions: it was because these gave them something to present to the Lord when stay with so good a Friend for as long as you can before you leave Him. 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